Curt Wootton is better known as Pittsburgh Dad, a YouTube sensation who brings to life a character that many native Pittsburghers can relate to.

"We just can’t sit here and dwell on No. 82 too long," he said after Monday's game. "You pop your champagne, your Cherikee Red last night, and it’s time to move on tonight."

Many fans remember the 1992 season, when the Pirates looked great and were poised to win the National League Championship Series. But with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7, former Pirate Sid Bream was on second base for the Atlanta Braves when he was batted in and scored the winning run. The Braves went on to the World Series.

Since then, the Pirates have not known a winning season. Until now. Many believed in the "Sid Bream Curse." Pirates fans hated him. Many still do. Despite that, Bream still lives outside Pittsburgh and remains a Pirates fan.

"It hurt Pittsburgh tremendously," he said of his game-winning slide into home. "I knew that it was a morgue up here. They were a bunch of zombies walking around here, I mean, after that happened. And to think that they were dismantling the whole team after that season and they weren’t going to have that opportunity for a while, I mean, it was tough.”

Bream, like most Pirates fans, is hoping for a pennant win this year. "I just hope that they can continue on through the rest of the season and bring it home," he said.

Although he realizes the broken curse doesn't mean the ribbing will end.

“I got strong shoulders. As long as it’s out of fun. Don't make me do a right cross on you," he joked.